Three types of modern virtue ethics
... • Anscombe and Foot assume that all humans want a moral life and to live a good life for its own sake. • Alasdair MacIntyre disagrees with this assumption. He argues that virtues may be desirable but humans need a reason to be moral. You can’t rely on a concept of natural goodness. • E.g. people gi ...
... • Anscombe and Foot assume that all humans want a moral life and to live a good life for its own sake. • Alasdair MacIntyre disagrees with this assumption. He argues that virtues may be desirable but humans need a reason to be moral. You can’t rely on a concept of natural goodness. • E.g. people gi ...
Class #10 - 5/14/12
... there a criteria for morality which we can study independent of God’s approval of certain acts? Thus, many suggest that the Divine Commandment view “begs the question.” ...
... there a criteria for morality which we can study independent of God’s approval of certain acts? Thus, many suggest that the Divine Commandment view “begs the question.” ...
Enhancing moral reasoning in tax: An educational
... Post-conventional: focuses on the inner self and personally held principles ...
... Post-conventional: focuses on the inner self and personally held principles ...
Meta-Ethics
... Book – Ethics and Language (1944) Discussed the emotive meaning of words. When making a moral judgement we are offering our opinion on it but also trying to influence others’ attitudes. Ethical statements are therefore based on emotions but ALSO on our experience of the world and how we want it to b ...
... Book – Ethics and Language (1944) Discussed the emotive meaning of words. When making a moral judgement we are offering our opinion on it but also trying to influence others’ attitudes. Ethical statements are therefore based on emotions but ALSO on our experience of the world and how we want it to b ...
Ethics 160
... • Note that in order to be used in an argument, language has to be of a sort that is truth-evaluable, that is, that can be true or false. Premises are judged on the basis of whether they are true or false, and arguments are put together so that true premises related in the proper way will generate a ...
... • Note that in order to be used in an argument, language has to be of a sort that is truth-evaluable, that is, that can be true or false. Premises are judged on the basis of whether they are true or false, and arguments are put together so that true premises related in the proper way will generate a ...
Morality and US Foreign Policy
... As you look at the roll-call of presidents since FDR, you can see how well they have mixed these two ingredients together - and that allows us to trace how well a foreign policy has worked, based on the presence or absence of these two elements. When one or the other is not present, or they are out ...
... As you look at the roll-call of presidents since FDR, you can see how well they have mixed these two ingredients together - and that allows us to trace how well a foreign policy has worked, based on the presence or absence of these two elements. When one or the other is not present, or they are out ...
Ethics in Criminal Justice
... • Act – there must be some act to judge • Human acts – judgments are directed specifically to human behavior • Free will – restricted to behavior that stems from free will and free action • Effects on others –did the behavior ...
... • Act – there must be some act to judge • Human acts – judgments are directed specifically to human behavior • Free will – restricted to behavior that stems from free will and free action • Effects on others –did the behavior ...
it is the right thing to do.
... living. In this view, ethics arises out of the nature of a good person. This approach is what was largely accepted by Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. ...
... living. In this view, ethics arises out of the nature of a good person. This approach is what was largely accepted by Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. ...
a transcript of this video.
... issue, I find Humanism really helps because it’s about making rational judgements based on right and wrong and what you know is right and wrong; and also, listening to both sides of the argument. It’s not about referring to any book or whatever, but actually looking at the situation itself and looki ...
... issue, I find Humanism really helps because it’s about making rational judgements based on right and wrong and what you know is right and wrong; and also, listening to both sides of the argument. It’s not about referring to any book or whatever, but actually looking at the situation itself and looki ...
Basic Framework Normative Ethics
... Each society has its rules and it is inappropriate to compare ethical rules of one society with that of another Relativists thus rule out possibility of ...
... Each society has its rules and it is inappropriate to compare ethical rules of one society with that of another Relativists thus rule out possibility of ...
Kohlberg`s Theory of Moral Development
... • Guided by self chosen principle • Orientation to principles above social rules Jean Valjean, Ghandi, MLK, George Washington, Erwin Rommel and Robert E. Lee are examples • Principles appeal to logical university and consistency • Justice with individual dignity • Obedience or disobedience to law ba ...
... • Guided by self chosen principle • Orientation to principles above social rules Jean Valjean, Ghandi, MLK, George Washington, Erwin Rommel and Robert E. Lee are examples • Principles appeal to logical university and consistency • Justice with individual dignity • Obedience or disobedience to law ba ...
Ethics & Values
... – Standards of right and wrong • Morality – Private, personal standards of right and wrong • Laws reflect moral values of society • Nurses have ethical responsibility to be client advocates ...
... – Standards of right and wrong • Morality – Private, personal standards of right and wrong • Laws reflect moral values of society • Nurses have ethical responsibility to be client advocates ...
Morality and Ethics (cont.)
... Entries on: Consequentialism and Deontological Ethics andVirtue Ethics ...
... Entries on: Consequentialism and Deontological Ethics andVirtue Ethics ...
Ethics
... Example: treat genders equal before the laws. E.g. do not favour an African American female over a Caucasian male, given all else being equal Counterexample: Imprison someone who is Jewish. E.g. in Nazi Germany you were supposed to report a Jew hiding from the authorities/Gestapo Counterexample: Buy ...
... Example: treat genders equal before the laws. E.g. do not favour an African American female over a Caucasian male, given all else being equal Counterexample: Imprison someone who is Jewish. E.g. in Nazi Germany you were supposed to report a Jew hiding from the authorities/Gestapo Counterexample: Buy ...
ethics_ep08
... A. Based on the work of psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg B. Kohlberg’s Scale of Moral Development: 1. Deference to authority; 2. Satisfaction of one’s own needs and consideration of needs of others; 3. Seek approval by conformity to stereotyped rules; 4. Conformity is augmented by a sense of goodness ...
... A. Based on the work of psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg B. Kohlberg’s Scale of Moral Development: 1. Deference to authority; 2. Satisfaction of one’s own needs and consideration of needs of others; 3. Seek approval by conformity to stereotyped rules; 4. Conformity is augmented by a sense of goodness ...
Social Ethics continued
... nothing to do with results, only with the actions themselves Moral Law is universal and binding: it applies to all things Humans, as rational, are capable of acting in accordance with this law, and so we must: this is our Other-Duty ...
... nothing to do with results, only with the actions themselves Moral Law is universal and binding: it applies to all things Humans, as rational, are capable of acting in accordance with this law, and so we must: this is our Other-Duty ...
Power Point Presentation
... accepting an action as morally obligatory Why is the categorical imperative “imperative”? ...
... accepting an action as morally obligatory Why is the categorical imperative “imperative”? ...
Ethics - aquireligion
... awareness of the means to employ in performing an act. Freedom – agent does an act under the control of his will Voluntariness – requires the presence of knowledge and freedom; willful act ...
... awareness of the means to employ in performing an act. Freedom – agent does an act under the control of his will Voluntariness – requires the presence of knowledge and freedom; willful act ...
Lawrence Kohlberg
... *Contractual, legalistic orientation but laws can be changed for the benefit of society (belief that rational people want certain basic rights – liberty and life – and want democratic procedures for changing unfair laws and improving society) ...
... *Contractual, legalistic orientation but laws can be changed for the benefit of society (belief that rational people want certain basic rights – liberty and life – and want democratic procedures for changing unfair laws and improving society) ...
Ethical egoism
... whose right or wrongness cannot be clearly defined unlike, stealing etc. Hence standards or norms will stipulate criteria that make an action wrong or right. The main focus of this division of ethics is on determining and formulating principles that ought to guide human conduct, leading to the formu ...
... whose right or wrongness cannot be clearly defined unlike, stealing etc. Hence standards or norms will stipulate criteria that make an action wrong or right. The main focus of this division of ethics is on determining and formulating principles that ought to guide human conduct, leading to the formu ...
Ethics and Enhancing the Life of the Dying Sulmasy, Daniel
... Graduate Seminar on Ethics and Enhancing the Life of the Dying In this course we will explore how one might enhance the lives of those who are dying by investigating the ethical choices we make with respect to their medical care. A fundamental assumption for the course is that those who are dying ar ...
... Graduate Seminar on Ethics and Enhancing the Life of the Dying In this course we will explore how one might enhance the lives of those who are dying by investigating the ethical choices we make with respect to their medical care. A fundamental assumption for the course is that those who are dying ar ...
Basic Moral Orientations Overview
... “Don't dis' me”--The Ethics of Respect “...all Men are created ...with certain unalienable Rights”--The Ethics of Rights “Make the world a better place”--Utilitarianism “Daddy, that’s not fair”--The Ethics of Justice “Be a good person”--Virtue Ethics ...
... “Don't dis' me”--The Ethics of Respect “...all Men are created ...with certain unalienable Rights”--The Ethics of Rights “Make the world a better place”--Utilitarianism “Daddy, that’s not fair”--The Ethics of Justice “Be a good person”--Virtue Ethics ...